Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Time flies, writing doesn't. Garden is 99% planted now. And this morning - May 31 - I had *frost* in the back yard! Everything seems to have survived, although it was a close thing with the cucumbers and basil... and tomorrow it's supposed to reach 90 F!

Not much writing done yet on the current chapter, but I know where I'm going now. Only thing is to put words on screen and start getting there...

One of my (many) favorite photos from the Irish trip - the Loughcrew passage tomb:

Monday, May 23, 2011

May has been busy with gardening, writing, and (most recently) a weekend in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Most of the garden is in now, though, and I should soon have more time (and energy!) for writing and the blog. I've finished the first draft of the first section of The Druid's Son - it's in three sections of ten chapters each - and should be starting the next chapter in a few days. In the meantime, summer seems to have finally arrived (although it didn't look like it in some parts of South Dakota last Friday!). This is also good for writing...

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Well, for the last week I've been busy -- first with writing, then over the weekend with Beltane celebrations; after that, with a new time sink called ancestry.com, and finally with gardening. Hopefully I can get some writing done today!

For Beltane we had two celebrations: first, our private one on Friday night, and then the public ADF celebration on Saturday in Cheeseman Park with SBGH. Chilly weather for both - Friday night we actually had a little sleet and snow, so the warmth of the leaping fire was very welcome. Saturday was dry but cold. I took my camp stove to provide hot tea and mulled wine for the potluck that follows the ceremony, and was very popular as a result!

Still getting frost most nights, though the next three days will be warmer. Time to till the tomato beds...

And the next book in the series...

Journeyman bard Gwernin Storyteller accompanies a Welsh princess to Ireland for her wedding. But other members of the party have their own objectives... Set five years after The Ash Spear, this will be the 4th book in the Storyteller series, and the beginning of a new trilogy. Scheduled for publication in late 2015.

Poetry Books

My published poetry series so far includes King Arthur's Raid on Hell and Pryderi's Pigs. Coming soon: Storyteller Songs, a collection of poetry and prose from the first three books of the Storyteller series.